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ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la and_o i_o find_v by_o the_o journal_n of_o the_o lord_n house_n that_o the_o 10_o of_o december_n 1621._o a_o report_n be_v make_v by_o a_o committee_n appoint_v to_o search_v for_o precedent_n touch_v appeal_n to_o the_o lord_n from_o decree_n in_o chancery_n privy-council_n in_o the_o stat._n 37_o e._n 3.18_o by_o gr._n council_n be_v mean_v the_o privy-council_n that_o ancient_o all_o petition_n of_o that_o nature_n be_v direct_v to_o the_o k._n and_o his_o great_a council_n from_o whence_o i_o gather_v it_o be_v but_o a_o late_a practice_n both_o to_o leave_v the_o king_n quite_o out_o of_o such_o petition_n and_o to_o neglect_v pray_v his_o allowance_n that_o the_o lord_n may_v examine_v error_n of_o judgement_n and_o decree_n and_o perhaps_o it_o may_v prove_v of_o ill_a consequence_n hereafter_o if_o not_o timely_o consider_v and_o rectify_v the_o supremacy_n of_o jurisdiction_n be_v the_o supreme_a part_n of_o government_n 232._o mir._n 232._o &_o the_o 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chancellor_n it_o be_v afterward_o agree_v to_o by_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n themselves_o that_o it_o be_v proper_a for_o the_o king_n to_o give_v authority_n to_o examine_v and_o correct_v decree_n in_o chancery_n as_o appear_v by_o their_o own_o order_n which_o be_v as_o follow_v viz._n die_fw-la veneris_fw-la vicesimo_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_v maii_n 1624._o the_o petition_n of_o will._n matthews_n of_o landast_n be_v read_v and_o the_o answer_v thereunto_o conceive_v by_o the_o lord_n committee_n for_o petition_n after_o council_n hear_v on_o both_o side_n many_o several_a day_n be_v report_v to_o the_o house_n by_o the_o lord_n houghton_n and_o read_v in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la viz._n the_o lord_n committee_n upon_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o whole_a cause_n between_o william_n and_o george_n matthews_n find_v william_n matthews_n principal_a debt_n to_o be_v five_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o pound_n which_o they_o hold_v fit_a to_o be_v pay_v by_o the_o say_v 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